"I heared it in I pledge a legent to the flag of United States of America."

Pat Conroy is faced with the challenge of educating young boys and girls who have had no teaching of the world that exists outside of living on the island. Conroy's language is not understood by many of the children, and the children's language is not understood by Conroy. The attempt to gain insight of where the children are only fails by the perception of where academically they should be. Conroy interprets drawings of himself in comparison to self-portraits the children had drawn. He analyzes them to determine the developmental level of the children. The heartbreaking outcomes puts Conroy in a frustrated state toward those who have had the opportunity to teach these children but have for some reason not even had success on showing them how to hold a fork.How can children be so isolated from the rest of the world? How can children not know on a map of where they are located? One of the worst things is that these children didn't even know that they were a small part of something that was greater, the United States of America. "I heard it in I pledge a legent to the flag of United States of America." If the United States consists of "freedom for all" then where is the bridge that sets these children free to receive a better education? Oceans wash up to a sandy shore and roll away in a foamy matter being set free to generate energy and to be given the opportunity to come back as a bigger wave. However, the children are similar to the waves but they can only reach the sandy shore, not given an opportunity to come back as a growing wave.